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Anonymous No More By Howard KurtzWashington Post Staff Writer Friday, July 27, 2007; 8:50 AM (Much snippage) The magazine's editor, Franklin Foer, disclosed in an interview that Beauchamp is married to a New Republic staffer, and that is "part of the reason why we found him to be a credible writer." Foer also said Beauchamp "has put himself in significant jeopardy" and "lost his lifeline to the rest of the world" because military officials have taken away his laptop, cellphone and e-mail privileges.As both the military and the magazine investigate Beauchamp's allegations, a personal blog surfaced in which Beauchamp said...

Giuliani’s Electoral Downside The social issues aren’t just a primary problem. By Ramesh Ponnuru Rudy Giuliani doesn’t seem to have any tepid supporters on the Right. His fans are dogged in explaining his virtues to their skeptical peers. Steven Malanga recently wrote an essay for the City Journal’s website making the case for Giuliani as a conservative exemplar. He runs through an impressive list of the mayor’s conservative accomplishments. He adds this closing thought: “And if social and religious conservatives fret about Giuliani’s more liberal social views, nevertheless, in the general election such views might make this experience-tested conservative even...

Throughout the campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, former Vermont governor Howard Dean has displayed a tendency to wax self-righteous on the issue of race. He has claimed, falsely, that he is the only candidate to bring up the subject before white audiences. He has upbraided southerners for — in Dean's estimation — deciding elections on "race, guns, God, and gays." And he has famously proclaimed that "dealing with race is about educating white folks." But on Sunday night, at the minority-oriented debate sponsored by the Iowa Brown and Black Presidential Forum, Dean himself came in for a little educating....